i4 Product Design Services and Portfolio

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Our Company

• Incorporated December 2003

• Creative team of experienced designers and engineers

• ISO 9001 accredited

• Several trusted development partners worldwide

• Undertaken 450 projects with over 140 products brought to market


Our Value Proposition

Core Expertise

• Mechanical Design

• Industrial Design

• Project Management

Main Specialities

• Plastic & sheet metal design for high volume production manufacture

• Managing products through development process from concept into production through our

worldwide network of partners


Our Location

• 3300 sq/ft design facility

• 20 minutes from Edinburgh station

• 20 minutes from Edinburgh International Airport

UK Company

Edinburgh, Scotland


Our Team

• 4 company directors each with over 25 years product development experience

• 19 full-time staff with a mixture of in-house and consultancy design backgrounds

Brian CombeManaging Director

Jim WardCreative Director

Gordon MillerDevelopment Director

Ewan MaxwellTechnical Director



20112010 2012Timeline: 2015

Partner Example: Optos (now part of Nikon)

Developed a clear vision for the product roadmap for the company’s new retinal scanning devices

Worked collaboratively, early in the process

Share price of the company increased by 140% during the period of i4’s involvement in the development of 2 new products with vastly superior ergonomics, usability, workflow and customer experience

i4 begin relationship with Optos Optos bought by Nikon“Daytona” released “California” released

2013 2014


Previous freestanding architecture

New desktop architecture

i4 desktop architecture

Diagnostic retinal scanning device - optometrist

200º ultra wide field scan with high image quality

Colour customisable

Ergonomic design encourages a neutral body posture

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Colour customisable




Developed a clear vision for the product roadmap for the company’s new retinal scanning devices

Worked collaboratively, early in the process

Share price of the company increased by 140% during the period of i4’s involvement in the development of 2 new products with vastly superior ergonomics, usability, workflow and customer experience



Relationship with Optos as their design partner has continued following the purchase of the company by Nikon in 2015.

4 additional development projects underway over the next few years


• Ergonomic Studies

• Usability

• CAD Modelling

• Mechanical Design

• Value Engineering

• Design for Manufacture

• Design for Assembly

• Thermal Management

• Electronic Design

• Product Architecture

• Concept Generation

• Concept Refinement

• ‘A’ Surface Modelling

• Foam Models

• Appearance Models

• Product Styling

• CGI

• 360° Interactive Renders

• Computer Animations

• Prototype Manufacture

• Design Verification

• Build, Test Support + Evaluation

• Low Volume Batch Manufacture

• Production Support

• Supply Chain Management

• Market Research

• Customer Focus Groups

• User Focus Groups

• Innovation Workshops

• Feasibility Studies

• Product Strategy

Our Services

• 7 main services with multiple sub-elements

• ISO 9001 accredited quality management system

• Work to our client’s ISO 13485 certification


Research

• In-depth Market Research

• User Focus Groups

• Innovation Workshops

• Product Strategy


Ergonomic Studies

• User centred design

• Intuitive to use

• Simple operation


HF - Human Factors

Ergonomic Studies

• User centred design

• Intuitive to use

• Simple operation


Product Architecture

• Definition and interdependency of main system components

• Definition of position in 3D space

• Establish electrical interconnects


Concept Generation

• Product Styling

• Idea generation

• Hand drawn sketches

• Consideration of multiple design concepts


Concept Generation

• Product Styling

• Idea generation

• Hand drawn sketches

• Consideration of multiple design concepts


Concept Refinement

• Progression and honing of the chosen idea/s

• Coloured hand sketched renders

• Preliminary CAD visuals

• 2D & 3D computer generated images


‘A’ Surface CAD Modelling

• Experts at creating complex 3D CAD geometry

• High integrity surfaces exported directly to CAM systems


M E D I C A L

Computer Generated Images

• Communicating Design Intent• Marketing material• Website illustrations• Exhibition graphics• Investor presentations• Customer pitches


click on image above to view animationCGI & Interactive Animations

• Communicating Design Intent

• Marketing material

• Investor presentations

• Internal pitches

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Mechanical Design

• Experts in design for high volume products

• All 3D CAD engineering detail for component manufacture is incorporated

• Our designers capture the dependencies between mechanical, electronic and optical components in the 3D CAD

• Consideration of tolerances crucial to function are built into the design intent


Design For Manufacture & Assembly

• Our engineers have in excess of 25 years experience each in dealing with manufacturers from all over the world

• All of the data we output can be manufactured by specialists all over the world

• Our engineers go to great lengths to ensure that all of the fine detail required on the 3D CAD data is present and accurate

• We strive to develop cost effective solutions for manufacture to enable our clients to get the maximum ROI

• Designed to suit country of assembly and intuitive to assemble by manufacturer or end user


Thermal Management

• Our engineers have solved many thermal challenges in a variety of product configurations

• We have developed passive or forced cooling solutions into the products we have designed

• Our design verification process involves the use of simulated and empirical methods for evaluation


Electronic Design

• Our electronics partners have over 20 years experience in the development of medical devices

• Specialists in;

• Analogue and digital

• Measurement

• Instrumentation

• Motor control

• Microprocessors

• Power supplies

• DSP

• Embedded software

• Servo mechanisms


Design Verification

• Prototype manufacture

• Build

• Test

• Report generation

• Change management


Production Support

• Manufacturing documentation• Tool GA approval• Sample inspection & reporting• Support at tool trials

• Mitigation of quality issues• Documentation updates• Vendor management


medical products


Diagnostic dental device that uses AC impedance spectroscopy measurement method

Disposable sensors

LED light array for visual feedback


portable diagnostic ultrasound scanning device

robust casing for field diagnostic work

included the design of a remote display tablet and goggles/headset


i4 provided with the necessary electronics and tasked to developed the ergonomics and architecture

The demonstrator unit was to allow the company’s marketing people to show the product and train new customers

i4 also developed plastic and silicon components for the bionic hand element

Touch Bionics purchased by the Finnish company Össur in April 2016


i4 designed architectureCompetitor architecture

Ergonomic fish vaccinator

Extensive market research and human factors study to develop an improved archetype platform to increase efficiency and decrease work related injuries




Ergonomic fish vaccinator

Extensive market research and human factors study to develop an improved archetype platform to increase efficiency and decrease work related injuries


portable rapid eye diagnostic

concept work to support funding application

easily customised screen height for patient and practitioner

Previous architecture i4 architecture concept




photoelectric therapy X-ray system

industrial design of a mobile and desktop configuration

generated the new design and an appearance model within tight timescales for a launch event

i4 desktop architecturei4 freestanding architecturePrevious architecture





photoelectric therapy X-ray system

industrial design of a mobile and desktop configuration

generated the new design and an appearance model within tight timescales for a launch event




Colour customisable



Diagnostic retinal scanning device targeted towards the ophthalmic market


Increased functionality including composite colour, red-free, autofluorescence and fluorescein angiography

Product launched at The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) in Chicago in October 2014


Diagnostic retinal scanning device targeted towards the ophthalmic market


Increased functionality including composite colour, red-free, autofluorescence and fluorescein angiography

Product launched at The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) in Chicago in October 2014


industrial products


Supported the development of over 10 condition monitoring / diagnostic devices

Equipment for critical infrastructure bearings and cabling

Generally 1.5 meter drop proof and IP 60 rated or higher

Projects have required a mix of industrial and mechanical design


high resolution 3D time-of-flight camera system

precision designed & CNC machined (low volume batch production)

modular system


HD viewfinder

new industrial design for a common optical chassis with opportunity for “own branding”

easily customised end caps

low cost tooling methods implemented


thin film measurement system – optical fluorescence based counterfeit polymer note detection

development of commercial product solution

predominantly internal/external sheet metal solution

high quality aesthetic

modular internal sub-assemblies


new generation EPoS machine with enhanced marketing capabilities

multiple product architectures investigated at early phase to analyse heat dissipation

prototypes generated in simulant production material to verify performance

sheet steel and injection moulded casing


consumer products


Historical Husqvarna Outdoor Garden Projects

1 x Garden Vac

3 x Wheeled Rotary Mowers

1 x Battery Powered Chainsaw

1 x Battery Powered Trimmer

6 x Hover Mowers

5 x Corded Trimmers



1 x Garden Vac




6 x Hover Mowers

5 x Corded Trimmers



1 x Garden Vac




6 x Hover Mowers

5 x Corded Trimmers



1 x Garden Vac




6 x Hover Mowers

5 x Corded Trimmers



1 x Garden Vac




6 x Hover Mowers

5 x Corded Trimmers



1 x Garden Vac




6 x Hover Mowers

5 x Corded Trimmers

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